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ARCHDIOCESE OF DETROIT,
MICHIGAN
Most Reverend Moses B.
Anderson, SSE
Auxillary Bishop of Detroit
Bishop
Moses B. Anderson, SSE, is a member of the Society of
St. Edmund. He was born in Selma, Alabama on September
9, 1928. Bishop Anderson graduated from Knox Academy
High School, Selma in 1949.
Bishop Anderson is a graduate of St.
Michael's College, Winooski, Vermont where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, with a major
in Philosophy. He next attended St. Edmund Seminary in
Burlington, Vermont. He earned a Master of Science in
Sociology at St. Michael's College in 1961. And in 1968,
he earned an Master of Arts in Theology at Xavier
University.
Bishop Anderson was ordained a priest on
May 30, 1958. Bishop's special interest within the
Church has been Black Theology, Art, and Evangelization.
He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit on December
3, 1982, and consecrated in Blessed Sacrament Cathedral
on January 27, 1983.
Bishop Anderson was appointed on January
10, 1994 to serve Region 1, which includes the cities of
Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck, Grosse Pointe and
Harper Woods. Region 1 is made up of ten vicariates.
On January 18, 1992, he was appointed
Pastor of Precious Blood Parish in Detroit, in addition
to his present responsibilities as Auxiliary Bishop of
Region 1.
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